Microsoft has delayed Surface Neo and is making more dual-screen devices – Tablets and Phones – News

Microsoft has delayed its foldable Surface Neo PC with two 9 “displays. It is not clear when the product will be released. Initially that would happen before the end of this year. Microsoft also says it will make more devices with two screens.

Panos Panay, CEO of Microsoft’s Surface division, says in an interview with The Verge that the Surface Neo needs more time to be able to market the product ‘with the right experience’. It is not clear when the Surface Neo comes true; when Microsoft unveiled the device in late October 2019, the company said the Neo would hit the market before the end of 2020. In April there were already rumors that Microsoft will release the Surface Neo would postpone to next year.

Since the original announcement, the Surface Neo has been relatively quiet. Microsoft has presented the simultaneously Surface Duo-smartphone released in the meantime. That Android device is available for sale in the United States from Thursday for $ 1399. The Surface Neo is a Windows tablet with two 9 “screens. The device goes Running Windows 10X.

In the interview, Panay looks ahead to the arrival of more devices with two screens: “I believe there will be more variants with different sizes. I think other companies will also make devices with other sizes”. Microsoft says it wants to make the form factor of devices with two screens widespread. “All apps have to work on these screens. We are committed to that and we have a roadmap with multiple screen sizes,” said Panay.

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